| Date | Distance | Time | Elevation Gain | Average Moving Time | Year to Date Miles |
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| 5/4/2025 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 142 miles |
- 901 West Lake Street, Petoskey, MI
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After leaving Chelsea, our first stop was Montague, to sketch with Urban Sketchers West Michigan for 3 hours. I met up with Mary Jo Ernst, who has been an amazing mentor for me getting our Urban Sketchers Asheville chapter started. I sketched the world's largest weathervane :) I wanted to stay longer, but we had miles to make.
We had thought about spending a night in Petoskey but ended up choosing Mackinaw City. Well, we decided to take another detour and stop at Petoskey State Park anyways. It turns out this area had a really bad ice storm in late March which caused damage to 4,000 miles of trails! The state park was closed. We drove north for a while looking for a beach, but everything was private property. We drove back south and stopped at Magnus Park. This is a park with RV camping. Oh, I would love to have stayed in this tiny campground. Yes, it's right next to the road, but what a great place to hang out on the beach.
I let Krumm off leash and he ran into the lake. We spent a couple of hours looking for Petoskey stones while Krumm played in Lake Michigan. He really liked the lake because its shallow for quite a way. We only found one Petoskey stone, and not a particularly fancy one, but we did see many fossils in stones - mostly of shells. We enjoyed a beautiful sunset before continuing our drive to Mackinaw City.
Photos in reverse order.
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| We found lots of fossilized shells in rocks |
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| Searching for Petoskey stones |
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